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On 2014.04.18, 16:49 , Shark8 wrote:
> On 18-Apr-14 12:37, Alan Browne wrote:
>>
>> Ada is to programming as the metric system is to most Americans.
>
> I completely disagree -- Ada is about thinking about your problem and
> doing things correctly... not, strictly speaking, "consistency for
> consistency's sake".
>
> Metric does jack-shit for you in ensuring that your unit conversions ar=
e
> accurate,

If you stick to metric there are no unit conversions other than scale.

or that you're using the correct units at all ("I'd like a
> kilogram of meters, please").


1. 'twas a joke son, a joke.




--=20
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
  but you shouldn=E2=80=99t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
      -Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07